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US-8178952

Method of forming high-k dual dielectric stack

PublishedMay 15, 2012
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Technical Abstract

The present invention discloses a method including: providing a Group III-V component semiconductor material; forming a first layer over a surface of the Group III-V component semiconductor material, the first layer to unpin a Fermi level at the surface; forming a second layer over the first layer, the second layer for scaling an equivalent oxide thickness (EOT); and annealing the first layer before or after forming the second layer to remove bulk trap defects in the first layer.

Patent Claims
19 claims

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1. A method comprising: providing a Group III-V component semiconductor material to form a transistor for CMOS technology; forming a first layer over said Group III-V component semiconductor material, said first layer comprising an oxide of gadolinium and an oxide of gallium, said first layer to prevent pining a Fermi level at said surface; forming in-situ a second layer over said first layer, said second layer for scaling an equivalent oxide thickness (EOT); annealing said first layer before or after forming said second layer to remove bulk trap defects in said first layer; and forming a gate electrode above said second layer over said first layer wherein said second layer is interposed between the first layer and the gate electrode.

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2. The method of claim 1 wherein said first layer comprises a heterogeneous material.

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3. The method of claim 1 wherein said first layer has a unit cell thickness.

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4. The method of claim 1 wherein said forming of said first layer comprises a co-deposition of two or more different dielectric materials.

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5. A method comprising: forming a Group III-V component semiconductor material; and forming a high-k dual dielectric stack over said Group III-V component semiconductor material, wherein said high-k dual dielectric stack comprises: a first layer the first layer comprising a heterogeneous material with discrete regions of oxides of gallium and oxides of gadolinium, said first layer to prevent pining a Fermi level at a surface of said Group III-V component semiconductor material; and a second layer disposed over said first layer, said second layer for scaling an equivalent oxide thickness (EOT); and forming a gate electrode above said second layer disposed over said first layer wherein said second layer is interposed between the first layer and the gate electrode.

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6. The method of claim 5 wherein said first layer comprises a composite.

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7. The method of claim 5 wherein said second layer comprises a high-k dielectric with an EOT of 1.00 nm.

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8. The method of claim 5 wherein said high-k dual dielectric stack comprises an EOT of 2.00 nm.

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9. A method comprising: forming a first layer comprising an oxide of gallium and an oxide of gadolinium over a Group III-V component semiconductor material; and forming a second layer consisting of silicon nitride directly on said first layer.

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10. The method of claim 9 wherein said first layer is a monolayer thick.

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11. The method of claim 9 wherein the first layer comprises Gadolinium Gallium Garnet (GGG).

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12. The method of claim 9 wherein the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of said first layer and said second layer is between 2.5 to 2.8 nanometers.

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13. The method of claim 9 wherein the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of said first layer and said second layer is about 2.0 nanometers.

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14. The method of claim 9 wherein forming said first layer comprises co-depositing said oxide of gallium and said oxide of gadolinium.

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15. The method of claim 14 wherein said oxide of gallium and said oxide of gadolinium are formed by e-beam evaporation.

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16. The method of claim 9 wherein said second layer is formed by jet vapor deposition.

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17. The method of claim 9 further comprising annealing said first layer prior to forming said second layer.

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18. The method of claim 9 , after forming said second layer annealing said first layer.

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19. The method of claim 9 further comprising forming gate electrode above second layer.

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Filing Date

August 26, 2008

Publication Date

May 15, 2012

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